Heir to the Empire: The 20th Anniversary Edition

Heir to the Empire:
The 20th Anniversary Edition

Publisher's summary[]

Five years after the Death Star was destroyed and Darth Vader and the Emperor were defeated, the galaxy is struggling to heal the wounds of war, Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting twins, and Luke Skywalker has become the first in a long-awaited line of new Jedi Knights.

But thousands of light-years away, the last of the Emperor’s warlords—the brilliant and deadly Grand Admiral Thrawn—has taken command of the shattered Imperial fleet, readied it for war, and pointed it at the fragile heart of the New Republic. For this dark warrior has made two vital discoveries that could destroy everything the courageous men and women of the Rebel Alliance fought so hard to create.

The explosive confrontation that results is a towering epic of action, invention, mystery, and spectacle on a galactic scale—in short, a story worthy of the name Star Wars.^[2]

Plot summary[]

Development[]

Heir to the Empire: The 20th Anniversary Edition was originally scheduled for aJune 21,2011 release.^[5]

Media[]

Editions[]

• ISBN 9780345528292;September 6, 2011;Del Rey; US hardcover^[2]
• ISBN 9780345530004; September 6, 2011; Del Rey; US eBook^[3]

Sources[]

• Coming 2011: 20 Years ofHeir to the Empire onStarWars.com(original site is defunct)
• More Details AboutHeir to the Empire 20th Anniversary Edition onStarWars.com(original site is defunct)
• Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition

Notes and references[]

External links[]

• Heir to the Empire: Star Wars Legends onPenguin Random House'sofficial website(backup link)
• Star Wars: Heir to the Empire: The 20th Anniversary Edition onStarWars.com(original site is defunct)